clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB · error · anyhow::Error

Failed to request token

Error message

Failed to request token

What it means

The first step of web login is POST /api/auth/cli/login/request-token. The request succeeded at the HTTP level but the body carried success=false, so the CLI cannot obtain the one-time token that the browser flow needs, and fails with the generic 'Failed to request token' (login.rs:218).

Source

Thrown at crates/cli/src/subcommands/login.rs:218

        Ok(Some(WebLoginSessionResponseApproved {
            session_token: session_token.clone(),
        }))
    }
}

async fn web_login(remote: &Url, open_browser: bool) -> Result<String, anyhow::Error> {
    let client = reqwest::Client::new();

    let response: WebLoginTokenResponse = client
        .post(remote.join("/api/auth/cli/login/request-token")?)
        .send()
        .await?
        .error_for_status()?
        .json()
        .await?;

    if !response.success {
        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Failed to request token"));
    }

    let web_login_request_token = response.data.token.as_str();

    let mut browser_url = remote.join("login/cli")?;
    browser_url
        .query_pairs_mut()
        .append_pair("token", web_login_request_token);
    if open_browser {
        println!("Opening {browser_url} in your browser.");
        if webbrowser::open(browser_url.as_str()).is_err() {
            println!("Unable to open your browser! Please open the URL above manually.");
        }
    } else {
        println!("Open {browser_url} in your browser to finish logging in.");
    }

    println!("Waiting to hear response from the server...");

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Solutions

1. Verify the server URL, e.g. `spacetime login --server https://mainnet.spacetimedb.com`
2. Update the CLI to the latest release so its login protocol matches the server
3. If self-hosted, ensure the auth/web components are deployed and reachable
4. Retry once to rule out a transient failure

# confirm the host actually serves the web-login API before logging in
curl -sf -o /dev/null "$SPACETIME_SERVER/api/auth/cli/login/request-token" -X POST \
  || echo "warning: $SPACETIME_SERVER may not support web login" >&2

for i in 1 2; do
  spacetime login --server "$SPACETIME_SERVER" && break
  sleep 3
done

When it happens

Trigger: `spacetime login` (optionally with --server <url>) where the auth server refuses token issuance, e.g. {"success": false}.

Common situations: Pointing --server at a self-hosted node that lacks the web-auth endpoints; a typo'd or proxied server URL; a server too old for the CLI's web login flow.

Related errors

• Unknown error
• Response data is missing.
• Session token is missing in response.
• Failed to get token: {}
• Error fetching public key for issuer {raw_issuer}

AI-assisted analysis of clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB@524b4487d9 (2026-08-16). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9d6348284cc2cd36. Report an issue: GitHub.